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No. 316,608. Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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No. 316.608. Patented'Apr. 28, 1.885..

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ALONZO DOXV AND LEWVIS H. GORGAS, OF WVOOSTER, OHIO; SAID DOW ASSIGNORTO HARVEY I-IOXVARD, OF SAME PLACE.

REFRIGERATOR- -SIDEBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,608, dated April28, 1885.

Application filed August 28, 1884. (No model.)

To (11 whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALONZO Dow and LEwIs H. GORGAS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Refrigerator-Sideboard, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in sideboards for dining-rooms andrestaurants; and it relates especially to certain improvements in ourformer invention for which Letters Patent No. 297,240 were granted tous, dated April 22, 1884.

Its objects are, first, to provide a side door for therefrigeratorapartment, in combination with a separable double wallinclosing a dead-air chamber as heretofore; second, to improve theice-receptacle so as to separate the ice from any contact with the wallsof the re frigerator-apartment; third, to enlarge the condensing-surfaceheretofore used and better adapt it to taking up the moisture arisingwithin the refrigerator-apartment; fourth, to provide an improvedreceptacle for keeping water ice-cold in connection with theice-receptacle; and, lastly, to provide a cupboard or cabinet apartmentin connection with selfsupporting shelves as heretofore used, wherebythe upper portion of the sideboard may be made more ornamental anduseful than here We accomplish these objects by the devices shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an external View of ourimproved refrigerator-sideboard. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same withfront casing and door removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectionon the line as 00. Fig. A is a horizontal longitudinal section on theline 3 3 Fig. 5 is aview of the ice-pan with condensing-sheet attached.Fig. 6 is a view of our improved addition to the ice-pan and condensercombining our improved ice-water tank. Fig. 7 shows Figs. 5 and 6 unitedto form our improved ice-receptacle, condenser, and ice-water tank.

Referring to the drawings, F is the external casing of the sideboard,which is provided with drawers (2, top A, lid A, and side door, D, thesame as heretofore, except that the door D is constructed with doublewalls in closing a dead-air space, a, the same as the lid A.

B is the interior forming the refrigeratorapartment of the sideboard. Itis constructed in a manner similar to our former invention referred to,being surrounded on all sides by double walls F T, inclosing thecontinuous dead-air space a. This inner box, B, is attached to the top Aby the strips 01, instead of being disconnected with the top asheretofore, as by this means the inner box may be more readily liftedout, and at the same time the top A may be made to carry part of theweight of the inner box in connection with the strips e and overlappingflanges b. Oush ion-strips p, of rubber or other elastic substance, maybe used at the points of contact, if desired, to more perfectly closethe air-space a.

Heretofore such refrigeratorapartments have been constructed without anyside door. This has been found inconvenient in some cases. time preservethe separable walls and deadair space, the inner casing, T, is linedaround the margin of the door with strips Z, of aslze to fill the spacea between the outer and inner easements, F T. The opposite verticalstrips, Z, connect with corresponding strips, Z, attached to the outercasement, F, respectively, by flanges, so as to hold the strips Zsecurely against the inner surface of the outer casement, and therebyclose securely the air-space a around the opening for the door D. At thesame time the strips Z are arranged to form a flange to receive acorresponding flange around the margin of the door D. By thls device aside door is provided without destroying the dead-air space a, andwithout in-. terfering with the separation of the inner and outereasements of the wall, when desired. The shelves 5 rest uponcross-strips an, and are perforated with numerous perforations to admitof free circulation of the air.

Heretofore the ice-receptacle consisted of the ice-pan P in connectionwith the walls of the refrigerator-apartment. This is objec: tionable,because the wood in contact with the ice absorbs dampness from it, andthe circulation of air is more or less impeded. We overcome thesedefects by uniting with the ice-pan P and condensing sheet 1? a supple-To provide for this, and at the same mentary part, P, provided withsides 12 '0,

adapted to rest against the corresponding flanges, c v, as shown, Fig.7. This additional part, P, is further provided with a narrow basin ortank, w, to hold water for drinking purposes.

Herctofore ice-water tanks in refrigerators have either been constructedseparate from the ice-receptacle, so as to utilize the drip" from theice for drinking purposes, or the water in the tank has been too remotefrom the ice to keep the water ice-cold. These defects we improve byextending the tank the entire width and depth of the ice-receptacle I,and making the tank 'w very narrow, so as to keep the water within itclose to the ice, thereby keeping it cold without placing any ice in itor allowing any of the drip (which is always more or less impure) toenter the tank. The water may be drawn off through the spigot f.

The ice-receptacle and ice-water tank are separated from therefrigerator-walls by vertical strips 0, so as to admit of freecirculation of air about the exposed and cold metallic surface of theice-receptacle I, causing more rapid condensation of all the vaporsarising within the refrigerator-apartment than heretofore. The drip fromthis condensation and from the melted ice is carried off, as heretofore,over the extended condensing-sheet P into the reservoir 0, from whenceit may be drawn out through the spigot f. The spigots f and f areadapted to be removed, so as to permit the inner box, B, to be withdrawnwhen desired.

Gisa detachable cupboard or cabinet apartment for the sideboard. It isprovided with doors J and shelves within. It is arranged in combinationwith detachable self-supporting shelves as heretofore used, so as tooccupy a space equal to the width of the shelves H, and extend to nearthe middle of the sideboard. Against one end of the cabinet 0 areattached brackets 9, provided with shelf-supports h h, similar to thoseupon the opposite ends of the shelves H. The cabinet Ois supported uponthe sideboard by supporting-angles K and its own weight. The shelves Henter the groove formed by the successive brackets 9, attached aboveeach other to the end of the cabinet, and are thereby more securely heldin position than heretofore. Above the cabinet 0 shelves may be extendedin full length, as heretofore, or the whole may be surmounted by anornamental top, E, as heretofore.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In a sideboardconstructed with a refrigerator-apartment as shown and described, thecombination, with the outer wall, F, and in ner wall, T, of the marginalstrips Z Z, arranged to connect together and thereby unite the separablewalls F T around the opening for a side door, D, substantially as setforth.

2. In combination with the ice-pan P and condensing-sheet P, themetallic section P, provided with tank 10 and sides '0 v to correspondwith the margins 12 o of the ice-pan P, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

3. In combination with the inner box, B, separating-strips c, of theice-receptacle I, supporting-strips n a, tank 10, and-condensingsheet P,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a refrigerator-sideboard, the combination, with the outer casing,A F, and detachable shelves H, constructed as shown, of a top cabinet,0, arranged to support one end of the detachable shelves H,substantially as and'for the purpose specified. I

In. testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

1 ALONZO DOW.

LEWIS H. GORGAS. Witnesses:

JOHN F. ALFORD, JOHN F. MOFADDEN.

